GOP parents turn on Common Core

Parents are sharply divided over Common Core education standards, with support from Republicans plummeting in recent months, according to a new Gallup poll.

Fifty-eight percent of GOP parents now hold a negative view of Common Core, compared with 42 percent in April, the poll found. Only 19 percent of Republicans view the standards positively.

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A plurality of Democrats with kids, on the other hand, support Common Core, with 48 percent viewing Common Core positively and 23 percent viewing it negatively. The support is up three percent from April.

Overall, 35 percent of parents view Common Core negatively, while 33 percent have a positive opinion. Thirty-two percent aren’t familiar with the standards or don’t have an opinion. The results are a slight change from April when 28 percent of parents had an unfavorable view of the standards.

Gallup said the findings suggest an “increase in awareness has led to an increase in negativity…”

Results for the poll were based on telephone interviews conducted Sept. 16-17, with a random sample of 532 public school K-12 parents, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

Some education officials recently began staging public revolts against state and federal mandates to administer Common Core exams last week.